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by PTModIT » Mon May 16, 2011 3:20 pm
I did the polish thing and I always said I wouldn't.Also dyed the parts black.When I painted the body I left the sides clear so the advertising would show with the polished chassis.
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by YZ-10 » Mon May 16, 2011 4:11 pm
Looking really nice
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by PTModIT » Mon May 16, 2011 4:22 pm
Now don't beat me up ,But I like this polished look over the gold.
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by CON2 » Mon May 16, 2011 4:24 pm
Always like some thing new, rather than the norm!
There's a [an and bits on Fleabay chromed out!
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by Indispozed » Mon May 16, 2011 5:12 pm
Very Nice.... Shows dedication....
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by tiger1 » Mon May 16, 2011 5:49 pm
Beautiful work.
Would the chassis easily get tarnish again??
PTModIT
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by PTModIT » Mon May 16, 2011 7:12 pm
After I polished it ,It left alot of fingerprints when handled. I then put on Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish and the shine was even brighter and It leaves a protective coating. Fingerprints are almost non existent.
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by Lowgear » Tue May 17, 2011 5:35 am
I did this to a worlds chassis around 8 years ago for a DS project. Now if only I could finish it...
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by GJW » Tue May 17, 2011 5:41 am
i like restored tub's very nice job
makes a lot more sense polishing/re-anodising then spending 250 on a new world's or powder coated chassis, ya need ya head read imho!
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by carlosblr » Wed May 18, 2011 6:27 am
Beautiful work,but I like this polished look .
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by Clayton » Wed May 25, 2011 12:07 pm
tub looks great
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by Johnboy72 » Wed May 25, 2011 9:39 pm
Anyone have some helpful hints to accomplish this? I don't think I could get the same results. Well, let me stop there and do some searching out here but think a How to Polish would be a good sticky!!!
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by Lowgear » Thu May 26, 2011 6:15 pm
The most common way is to use varying grits of sandpaper but I've never polished anything that way before. I just use different buffing wheels on a bench grinder. I wouldn't recommended that method for small or intricate parts though.
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